'the film itself appearing to undergo a series of reversions: to black-and-white, then to the awkward jerkiness of very early movies, then to a crookedly jammed frame which proceeds to blacken, bubble and melt away, leaving only the white glare of the projection bulb, which in turn deteriorates to leave the theatre in darkness, and might almost leave the moviegoer wondering what sort of dilapidated, antique jalopy he'll find his car-keys fitting when he goes outside' - tim powers on PKD's ubik: the screenplay.
book haul/ accessions diary - 19th february - walthamstow oxfam
- ubik, philip k. dick, to replace horsemouth's earlier copy (which went walkies - as they do) £1.99.
- colonel chabert, balzac, hesperus edition, forward by a.n. wilson, £1.99.
horsemouth is reasonably sure he no longer has them both. to purchase them a walk up to walthamstow (along the valley of the agapemonites and then back along the northern part of the black path) a little above 6 miles all told.
the collis (the worm forgives the plough) goes well. p.70 so far.
he fantasised about going out to see gweniver raymond play in bognor regis (but the days don't match up).
later (for he writes this in the day) he plans a trip out to see mike T and lou (2 miles each way, a 45 minute walk each way google maps contends). horsemouth got a little lost on the way over there (but no worries). when he got there lou was learning willie o'winsbury. he had a quick chat with mike about the man in the high castle book and tv series (it seems apposite now that nazi usa is coming true). in the tv series version they receive short clips of film from the alternate universe (horsemouth thought this was smart).
meanwhile the government is debating how to apportion their warm homes wave 3 money - it looks like the small housing providers (less than 100 properties in the bid) will get 100% of the money they ask for (which is good for the communal endeavour who are a small provider).
meanwhile horsemouth has lent howard john clarkson's omnichord. howard has purchased the correct power transformer. it works perfectly. now to find a track to use it on. howard has pronounced it 'a great little toy'. he has thrown it in as a texture on quite a few tracks. horsemouth has heard one (it sounds brilliant).
when asked by lou what he was up to horsemouth could only stutter something about doc watson's waiting for the times to get better and his anne briggs by way of joy division version of go your way (my love) which lou has heard already.
this morning a walk around with TG. tomorrow the journey back to the wilds. but first coffee.
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